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Byron C. Jaeger

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Statistical analysis:

Statistical / Machine learning:

Statistical Programming:

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Byron C. Jaeger

I am an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and work in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

My research focuses on blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and machine learning.

Education

PhD, Biostatistics

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2012

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Present - 2017

  • Investigating mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and hypertension
  • developing machine learning algorithms to identify who may benefit from initiating antihypertensive medications

Teaching Experience

BST 680: Introduction to R

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2017

  • Students develop core competencies in data analysis (import, clean, transform, visualize, and tabulate) using R.
  • Course structure promotes interactive lectures and group exercises.
  • Final exam: a comprehensive research project using R markdown.

Selected R Packages

table.glue

Make and Apply Customized Rounding Specifications for Tables

N/A

2020

obliqueRSF

Oblique random survival forest (ORSFs)

N/A

2020 - 2018

r2glmm

Compute model and semi-partial R-squared for mixed models

N/A

2020 - 2016

Selected Publications

Oblique Random Survival Forests

BC Jaeger, DL Long, DM Long, M Sims, JM Szychowski, …
Annals of Applied Statistics, 3 (2019), 1847-1883

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1214/19-AOAS1261

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, MJ Gurka
Journal of Applied Statistics, 46 (1), 164-184

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 2
  • DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2018.1466869

ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

An R-squared Statistic for Fixed Effects in the Generalized Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, K Das, & PK Sen
Journal of Applied Statistics, 44 (6), 1086-1105

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2017

  • Citations: 153
  • DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2016.1193725